Best PlacesHickman Mills, Kansas City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hickman Mills, Kansas City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hickman Mills, Kansas City ranks 5,399th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hickman Mills, Kansas City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hickman Mills, Kansas City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hickman Mills, Kansas City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$840 a month, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
- Short commute22.1 minutes each way, better than 66% of neighborhoods
Where Hickman Mills, Kansas City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Hickman Mills, Kansas City
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hickman Mills, Kansas City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $52,716; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hickman Mills, Kansas City's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hickman Mills, Kansas City
Hickman Mills, Kansas City runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hickman Mills, Kansas City.
Who works in Hickman Mills, Kansas City, and how
Work in Hickman Mills, Kansas City centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hickman Mills, Kansas City
Hickman Mills, Kansas City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Hickman Mills, Kansas City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hickman Mills, Kansas City, month by month
Hickman Mills, Kansas City sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Hickman Mills, Kansas City
Kansas City International sits about 28 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hickman Mills, Kansas City
Schools across Hickman Mills, Kansas City average a D−, better than 7% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ervin Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Ingels ElementaryF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smith-hale MiddleF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Ruskin High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hickman Mills, Kansas City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hickman Mills, Kansas City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hickman Mills, Kansas City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Hickman Mills, Kansas City
Is Hickman Mills, Kansas City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hickman Mills, Kansas City ranks 5,399th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hickman Mills, Kansas City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,362. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $52,716 median income, cost of living beats 32% of neighborhoods.
Is Hickman Mills, Kansas City safe?
Hickman Mills, Kansas City is safer than 12% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $950 per resident a year.
Compare Hickman Mills, Kansas City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hickman Mills, Kansas City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hickman Mills, Kansas City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hickman Mills, Kansas City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hickman Mills, Kansas City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hickman Mills, Kansas City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hickman Mills, Kansas City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hickman Mills, Kansas City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hickman Mills, Kansas City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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